Re: Get stuffed!

Posted by ESC on September 25, 2004

In Reply to: Get stuffed! posted by Lewis on September 24, 2004

: : Hello to whomever out there,
: : Could anyone interpret this to me?

: : ....unaffectionate lovers...hardly the stuff we like to think about when we think about but *very much the stuff * of modern New York relationship.

: : ...but * we do think about the stuff very much*?

: : let me know if I have it wrong...

: 'stuff' is a word for material, but there is a use of the word 'stuff' that means spirit or character - 'the right stuff' was a film title for example. 'the stuff of legends' - means the material from which legends arise.

: 'the stuff we want to think about' suggests that love-less lovers is not the material for romance - again 'stuff' is being used in the sense of paragons/source material/archetypes - a distillation of what something should be about - an essence.

: 'stuffing' meaning the inside contents - is related to all this.

Stuff as in: 6 a : fundamental material : SUBSTANCE. Stuff of greatness. (Merriam-Webster)